ksar

\ksaʁ\

/\ksaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ksar” is uncommon French (frequency #60,144 among 737 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,144
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Village fortifié que l’on rencontre dans les pays du Maghreb.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ksar · ksar · French

ksar · rank #60,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,144
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH kora

Nearest frequency peer: kora (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « ksar »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « ksar » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ksar
PropertyValue
Headwordksar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ksaʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,144
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « ksar » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).ksartombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « kora » (#60,143), « Kyushu » (#60,145), « Kitchener » (#60,141). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « ksar » est au #60,144. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ksar is uncommon French at frequency #60,144 among 737 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ksaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Village fortifié que l’on rencontre dans les pays du Maghreb.".

ksar has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is ksar, spelled K-S-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Village fortifié que l’on rencontre dans les pays du Maghreb.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ksar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans le ksar oranais où il vivait, il avait trouvé des camarades français très distingués, très lettrés, et dont l’un possédait une assez vaste bibliothèque.
  2. Ces chasseurs du Sahara sont des hommes rudes et primitifs, vivant à ciel ouvert, sans résidence fixe. Quelques-uns laissent leurs familles très loin, dans les ksour, d’autres sont de véritables enfants des sables, errant avec femmes et enfants – mais ceux-là sont rares.

This word in other languages

ksar(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ksar"?
"ksar" is spelled K-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ksaʁ\.
What does "ksar" mean?
As a noun, "ksar" means: Village fortifié que l’on rencontre dans les pays du Maghreb.
How do you pronounce "ksar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ksar" is \ksaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ksar" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ksar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kora#60,143lahm#60,150loon#60,167isin#60,116

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list